Playa Martianez has good surf and its Tenerife beach front is definetly improving.

Playa Martianez is a small Tenerife beach which is not much more than 200 meters long.

It's in the oldest resort Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife North.

The best time for it is during winter months and from what I saw yesterday beginning of March surf is tops at that time.

The bay is protected by a breakwater which runs from the end of Lago Martianez in westerly direction but, just long enough to make all the difference.

More sand has been added for enlargement. Large pebbles at some places are still to be removed.
No white sand was used, by the way, like for someTenerife beaches which have turned into a mixed color since sand has been brought in from the Sahara.

A friend was with me who had a local Dorada beer as bottle for EU 1,60 while I took a Cortado which is an espresso type coffee for EU 1,00.

Who would mind paying that for such a lovely spot with stunning ocean and mountain view and surfers to provide excitement?
We could have ordered a snack. Food looked good there. However, we were not hungry.

Our waiter told us that more beach novelties are on the agenda.

He said that the Socialist Party is pushing it now. Action will mean the planting of tall palm trees as well as installation of important beach front amenities.

The position of Playa Martianez at the end of Avda.Generalisimo/
Avda.Colon is right by several big Tenerife hotels.

Plenty pubs,restaurants, shops, discos and Lago Martianez are close by.

Playa Martianez surfing and body surfing
are great, especially, in winter while spring is showing the best waves.

This beach with its semi breakwater at the side of the lido Martianez is a small surfers' paradise.

It's by far better, by the way, than at Playa Jardin at the other end of the oldest resort of Tenerife.

We were enjoying a great scenery at this beach while watching a surfer in a red body suit. A couple of other guys were trying their luck to ride the waves. Their surf boards were sleek and professional, by the way.

You can see by the photo some publicity displayed by major surf board sellers on the day of the championship.

Playa Martianez beach has another great advantage. It's never really crowded because Playa Jardin, the lido with its lakes as well as rock pools San Telmo are nearby. Not to forget is a tiny beach by the old harbor where people also go to bath.

Please, go from Playa Martianez to the lido Lago Martianez to see why its called 'the Lake' (lago) or 'the Lakes' of Puerto de la Cruz.

It's no problem to do Tenerife excursions for surfing to Puerto de la Cruz from resorts in the South. An easy way to find out routes from north or south towns of the island may be found at Titsa public buses including times of arrival, the lot.

You will always find several options via the Capital with bus 102 or 103 or via Los Gigantes where you may catch the direct line 325 to Puerto de la Cruz. You may also go to Icod de los Vinos first and then directly. At Tenerife Transport you find more useful information as well as tips on how to go by public buses while saving money to reach Playa Martianez.

The only inconvenience is parking at and near the best Puerto Cruz surf beach. Parking anywhere near it will easily cause parking tickets.

What you can do is park by the quay (Muelle) by the huge parking ground at the old Puerto harbor.

It's not more than a 20 minutes leisure walk from there to Playa Martianez and the walk is very pleasant and highly interesting even when you know the oldest Tenerife resort a little.

Much of it may be seen in a holiday in Tenerife with many focal points leading almost to the beach of best surf in Puerto Cruz.

When not carrying a surf board you may come with the bus via Icod de los Vinos where you may get off at Playa Jardin or, opposite it, precisely, at Loro Park from where you may use the little free train almost right to Playa Martianez.

That way you get to know 3 interesting Tenerife attractions, all by bus.

When going straight into Puerto de la Cruz you walk off towards the ocean where you hit the little port sooner or later.

From there it means turning right and for ever straight.

It's almost impossible to get lost as long as you know that the biggest surf beach of Puerto de la Cruz is at the other end of town once you are by the shore.

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